A piece of glass or plastic shaped so as to focus or spread parallel light rays that pass through it to form an image. b. A combination of two or more such lenses used to form an image, as in a camera or telescope. Also called compound lens.
Step 5 Pick your flowers. To prevent bees from buzzing near your house, reduce the amount of flowering plants you keep on your porch or in other areas of your yard that are near doors and windows. Quick Tip: Some people say that hanging mothballs in pantyhose in your yard will repel bees.
The same is true for wasps. So most bees and wasps can sting you, pull the stinger out of your skin, and fly off before you can yell Ouch!. Solitary bees, bumblebees, and wasps do not die when they sting you. In honey bee workers, the stinger has fairly large, backward-facing barbs on the lancets.